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Norwegian team wants Landeskog

Colorado Avalanche captain will maybe come back to Europe due a lockout in the NHL.

Norwegian ice hockey team Rosenborg wants Gabriel Landeskog on its roster. The
general manager of the organization has officially confirmed the interest in
the Avs player. He also said he will contact him on this evening. Swedish
player Jesper Eriksen plays for the
team what could be help in the talks. He is a close friend of Landeskog once
they spent early junior careers in Sweden together. They met last time only few
weeks ago in August in Norway.

Landeskog cannot play back home in Sweden. The local
league announced the strict rules for potential NHL players who would like to
play there. Rules could be summarized in “Thank
you, no”. Swedish hockey league wants to avoid the mass departure of the
NHL players in the middle of season when the new CBA would be done. Due this
rule only NHL players who will stay there for the whole season can play there.

One of the options for Landeskog is the playing in the
AHL for the Lake Erie Monsters. My personal opinion is he will not be there.
European players do not like much AHL and prefer playing back at home or at
least closer to their native countries. The latest rumor on Landeskog just
confirms this theory.

Rosenborg
Ishockeyklubb Elite is located in the north part of Norway in the city of
Trondheim where almost 180 000 inhabitants live. The organization was
founded in 1934 and has now an arena for 3 000 fans. Rosenborg was
promoted to the Norwegian most elite league two years ago. Meanwhile, they
finished on the 8th place in the both of the last two seasons. They
could not win a game in the playoffs and were eliminated in the first round two
years in a row. Two teams which finished below the Rosenborg at the end of
regular season were relegated to the minor league. The team has two Canadian
coaches and except Norwegians they are playing also two Canadians, one American
and one Swedish player (Eriksen).

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